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Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation Under Incomplete Markets

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  • Rahul Anand
  • Eswar S Prasad

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In models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. We develop a two-sector two-good new-Keynesian model to study the optimal choice of price index in markets with financial frictions. We find that, in the presence of financial frictions, a welfare-maximizing central bank should adopt flexible headline inflation targeting a target for headline CPI inflation with some weight on the output gap. These results are particularly relevant for emerging markets, where the share of food expenditures in total consumption expenditures is high and a large proportion of consumers are credit constrained.

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Keywords: Economic models; Emerging markets; Consumption; Consumer price indexes; Demand; Food production; Inflation targeting; Inflation; Monetary policy; Price elasticity; Welfare; Monetary Policy Framework; Core Inflation; Headline Inflation; Financial Frictions; Liquidity Constraints; aggregate demand; central bank;

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  • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
  • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
  • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination

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